Top movies with a historical significance that have an unpredictable plot

Check out today’s highest ranked movies with a historical significance and an unpredictable plot! Looking for the greatest movies of all times? Here is the list of the best movies with a historical significance and an unpredictable plot, based on the crowd's interest and popular searches from the country.

1 Fanny Lye Deliver'd (2019)

On an isolated English farm in 1657, Fanny lives a quiet life with her oppressive husband John and their young son. One day their life is rocked with the arrival of young couple Thomas and Rebecca who claim to have been robbed and need a place to stay. But are these strangers really who they say they are?

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2019-10-10 | Drama / History

Cast

Maxine Peake, Charles Dance

Rating

rating icon 6.5
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    two thumbs up
  2. Ranked #1 for
    fully-formed cast
  3. Ranked #1 for
    shattering climax

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2 Wasp Network (2020)

Havana, Cuba, 1990. René González, an airplane pilot, unexpectedly flees the country, leaving behind his wife Olga and his daughter Irma, and begins a new life in Miami, where he becomes a member of an anti-Castro organization.

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2020-01-29 | Drama / History

Cast

Penélope Cruz, Edgar Ramírez

Rating

rating icon 6.049
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    slightly confusing
  2. Ranked #1 for
    crammed plot
  3. Ranked #3 for
    historical point of view

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3 The Woman King (2022)

The story of the Agojie, the all-female unit of warriors who protected the African Kingdom of Dahomey in the 1800s with skills and a fierceness unlike anything the world has ever seen, and General Nanisca as she trains the next generation of recruits and readies them for battle against an enemy determined to destroy their way of life.

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2022-09-16 | Action / Drama

Cast

Viola Davis, Thuso Mbedu

Rating

rating icon 7.674
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    accurate
  2. Ranked #1 for
    fierce
  3. Ranked #2 for
    repackaged

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4 The Rising Hawk (2019)

During the 13th century, a small village fights for freedom in the frontier landscape of the Carpathian Mountains against Mongolian invaders.

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2019-10-10 | Action / History

Cast

Alex MacNicoll, Poppy Drayton

Rating

rating icon 5.909
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #2 for
    decent enough
  2. Ranked #2 for
    overactive
  3. Ranked #2 for
    tactful

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5 The Eight Hundred (2020)

In 1937, eight hundred Chinese soldiers fight under siege from a warehouse in the middle of the Shanghai battlefield, completely surrounded by the Japanese army.

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2020-08-14 | War / History

Cast

Wang Qian-Yuan, Zhang Yi

Rating

rating icon 6.952
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    herky-jerky camera work
  2. Ranked #1 for
    jingoistic
  3. Ranked #1 for
    patriotic

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6 Argentina, 1985 (2022)

In the 1980s, a team of lawyers takes on the heads of Argentina's bloody military dictatorship in a battle against odds and a race against time.

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2022-09-29 | Drama / History

Cast

Ricardo Darín, Peter Lanzani

Rating

rating icon 7.889
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    practically flawless
  2. Ranked #1 for
    nearly perfect
  3. Ranked #1 for
    humorous tone

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7 Downton Abbey (2019)

The beloved Crawleys and their intrepid staff prepare for the most important moment of their lives. A royal visit from the King and Queen of England will unleash scandal, romance and intrigue that will leave the future of Downton hanging in the balance.

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2019-09-12 | Drama / Romance

Cast

Hugh Bonneville, Laura Carmichael

Rating

rating icon 7.146
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    thoroughly enjoyable
  2. Ranked #1 for
    handsomely mounted
  3. Ranked #1 for
    Based on TV Series

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8 The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020)

What was supposed to be a peaceful protest turned into a violent clash with the police. What followed was one of the most notorious trials in history.

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2020-09-25 | Drama / History

Cast

Eddie Redmayne, Sacha Baron Cohen

Rating

rating icon 7.702
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    depicting social justice
  2. Ranked #2 for
    excellent casting
  3. Ranked #2 for
    with memorable moments

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9 Ophelia (2019)

Ophelia comes of age as lady-in-waiting for Queen Gertrude, and her singular spirit captures Hamlet's affections. As lust and betrayal threaten the kingdom, Ophelia finds herself trapped between true love and controlling her own destiny.

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2019-06-28 | Drama / Romance

Cast

Daisy Ridley, Naomi Watts

Rating

rating icon 7.12
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    beautiful looking
  2. Ranked #2 for
    radiant
  3. Ranked #2 for
    shakespearean actor

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10 Happening (2021)

France, 1963. Anne is a bright young student with a promising future ahead of her. But when she falls pregnant, she sees the opportunity to finish her studies and escape the constraints of her social background disappearing. With her final exams fast approaching and her belly growing, Anne resolves to act, even if she has to confront shame and pain, even if she must risk prison to do so.

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2021-11-04 | Drama

Cast

Anamaria Vartolomei, Kacey Mottet Klein

Rating

rating icon 7.236
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #2 for
    controversial topic
  2. Ranked #2 for
    unglamorous
  3. Ranked #4 for
    gore factor

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